Ke$ha addresses song’s radio removal after school shootings

Pop star Ke$Ha understands why radio bosses removed her latest single “Die Young” from playlists following the Connecticut school massacre on Friday.

The song was one of the most-played tunes on the airwaves in recent weeks, but following the shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, the record suffered a huge drop after it was allegedly cut by several radio chiefs.

Ke$ha has now spoken out about her work being taken off air, insisting she fully understands the reasoning behind the move.

In a post on Twitter, she writes, “I’m so so so sorry for anyone who has been effected (sic) by this tragedy. and I understand why my song is now inappropriate. Words cannot express.”

Foster the People’s hit “Pumped Up Kicks” has also been pulled from airwaves.

One particular line reads, “He found a six-shooter gun in his dad’s closet, with the box of fun things… he’s coming for you, yeah he’s coming for you,” while the chorus features the lyrics: “All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you better run, better run, faster than my bullet.”

Speaking about the dark meaning behind the single, frontman Mark Foster previously explained, “Pumped Up Kicks is about a kid that basically is losing his mind and is plotting revenge. He’s an outcast. I feel like the youth in our culture are becoming more and more isolated. It’s kind of an epidemic.”